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GLORY 44 Chicago Card is Stacked

Let’s go, Chicago. The GLORY 44 Chicago and GLORY 44 SuperFight Series fight cards are now complete, and they are stacked. Come out to the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., on Friday, Aug. 25 and watch some of the best kickboxers in the world, including local welterweight favorites No. 8 Richard “Maximus” Abraham and Danny “La Maquina” Morales.

The Abraham vs. Morales fight is billed as the co-headliner, but for all the Chicago fans in attendance, this will certainly serve as the main event. We’ll have a big preview of that fight as we get closer to the event, but for now, let’s check out how the card is rounded out.

Welterweight champion Cédric “The Best” Doumbé (67-4-1, 39 KO) and hard-hitting Murthel “The Predator” Groenhart (66-22-3, 38 KO) will test each other in the main event. This should be an electric fight, and it will be Doumbe’s first Welterweight title defense will be against old foe Murthel “The Predator” Groenhart”, expect the Doumbe Era to continue though, as he dominated Groenhart back at GLORY 28.

Fans will also be treated to six more fights with the GLORY 44 SuperFight Series. The man with one of the greatest nicknames in combat sports, Cătălin “The Carpathian Death” Moroșanu (44-10, 26 KO), is back to fight in Chicago, and he’ll face Poland’s Michal Turynski (21-9, 6 KO).

Former UFC and Bellator fighter Dustin “The Hanyak” Jacoby (9-8, 7 KO) is now healthy and he’ll battle Sean Choice (6-2) in a middleweight fight. Jacoby treated some lucky fans to a backstage tour the last time GLORY came to Chicago, but this time he hopes to leave town with a win. Jacoby broke his arm against middleweight champion Simon Marcus last October.